A little over 10 years ago, a fellow by the name of Randy Pausch was planning a speech at Carnegie Mellon University. Pausch was a professor there, and his speech was to be in the style of a “last lecture” – the lessons he’d want to impart if he were to give a final lecture […]
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Last month, just before Christmas, I went to Las Vegas with my 7 y.o. son. It was awesome. You might think going to Vegas with a 7 y.o. is a bit of a contrarian play, and you’d be right. But my son has decided he wants to be a magician (so much for the ol’
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Things are going pretty well for me nowadays, but I have one inevitable tragedy in my near future. I’m going to have to say goodbye to what is quite likely the best dog in history of the world. My dog Bamble is 12, and even though he’s still in great health, I know we have
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Happy New Year everyone! As I look around the ol’ blogosphere, I see outstanding year-end summaries and incredibly detailed goals laid out for 2017. Sadly you won’t find that here. As much as I love you guys, I’d rather spend the day playing with my kids. But as I’m on a Cal Ripken, Jr.-like streak
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I started work for a small financial consultancy about 100 years ago. It was my first job out of college. I turned down two investment banking offers to go work there. It was a great decision (for me, at least), but that’s another story. It was a pretty cool firm. I liked the people, and
The 7-11 Test: Is That Really a Good Use of Your Time? Read More »
Time is certainly precious. Everything we do, everything we enjoy, every moment we cherish, uses time. With enough time, it seems anything is possible. With too little, nothing is. And once it runs out completely, your game is over. And running out is exactly what it’s doing – this incredibly valuable asset is steadily, relentlessly
Is One Year of Your Life Worth $25 Million? Read More »
Generally, being a frugal person is cool on a number of levels. You save a lot more money. You aren’t driven crazy by the latest fads. Breaking your phone is not a major tragedy. But being frugal is not about seeing a bunch of awesome and popular things that you desperately want, and then having
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